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true believer syndrome

true believer syndrome is the alternative form of true-believer syndrome.

Meaning of true-believer syndrome

Noun

true-believer syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A phenomenon in which witnesses to a staged event continue to believe in its authenticity even after it has been debunked.

Questions about true believer syndrome

What is true believer syndrome the alternative form of?
True believer syndrome is the alternative form of true-believer syndrome.

Words near true believer syndrome in the dictionary

  1. true as I'm standing here
  2. true bandicoot
  3. true bearing
  4. true bearings
  5. true believer
  6. true believer syndrome
  7. true believers
  8. true bill
  9. true bills
  10. true blue
  11. true blues

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